in the Nigerian village of Karu are seeing an outpouring of healing miracles,
with the deaf hearing, lame walking and a man healed of mental illness.
So says Daniel Kolenda, an evangelist with Christ for All
Nations, a Florida-based ministry founded by Reinhard Bonnke that has been
leading crusades across Africa for more than 30 years.
In an email
report about CfaN’s Karu crusade this week, Kolenda
said a woman who had been crippled by a spinal cord injury rushed onto the
platform with her crutches raised over her head. Another woman who had been
deaf for 20 years reportedly was able to hear, and a young man who was unable
to use the right side of his body for 11 years was miraculously healed.
“During the
prayer for the sick, he suddenly felt something come out of his head and
realized that he had full and perfect use of his arms and legs,” Kolenda
reported.
Another man
whose family claimed he was mentally ill was brought to the meeting for prayer.
“He was so
violent and vicious that he had to be tied up,” Kolenda said of the man.
“Before the meeting, he was bound, hands and feet, behind the platform, but
during the prayer he returned to his senses. They cut the ties and set him
free. He was calm and spoke softly to me in his right mind.”
The
five-day outreach in Karu, located near Abuja, Nigeria, marks the beginning of
CfaN’s crusade season. The ministry will host large-scale evangelist
meetings primarily in Nigeria almost monthly. Since 2000, CfaN reports that 55
million people have completed cards indicating they made decisions for Christ
at crusades led by Bonnke and Kolenda.
Kolenda said roughly
110,000 people attend the first night of the Karu crusade, with the number
increasing to 200,000 the second night. In addition to the physical healings,
he said hundreds have accepted Christ during the meetings, which end Sunday.
